TENPINS

tenpins, tenpin bowling

(noun) bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tenpins (uncountable)

A game, a form of bowling, played with ten pins as the target.

Noun

tenpins

plural of tenpin

Anagrams

• pinnets, spinnet

Source: Wiktionary


Ten"pins, n.

Definition: A game resembling ninepins, but played with ten pins. See Ninepins. [U. S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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